Small storm at daybreak
So somebody cued the timpanist in
Up with the sticks now, ready to roll
Shake off the torpor, this be the hour
Time for a drum-roll, you at the back
With a clashing of symbols, bashety-bash
A chorus of raindrops, splashety-splash
Mahler, Tchaikovsky, we’re in full flood
Battles and dramas running with blood
Turn up the volume, let’s have a ball
Rattle the windows, the rafters, the walls
But hold now, be steady, ease it right down
Thank you for coming, for doing your bit
Enlivening us all with the best of your art
Back to the crossword, Sudoku, your book
Try not to slump or slacken the jaw
High summer we warned you, not much demand
The sun’s in ascendance, no cloud in the sky
Parching and baking, cracking the land
A promise of slaking rolled in your drums
Just pitter and patter, drops in the sand
So somebody cued the timpanist in
Up with the sticks now, ready to roll
Shake off the torpor, this be the hour
Time for a drum-roll, you at the back
With a clashing of symbols, bashety-bash
A chorus of raindrops, splashety-splash
Mahler, Tchaikovsky, we’re in full flood
Battles and dramas running with blood
Turn up the volume, let’s have a ball
Rattle the windows, the rafters, the walls
But hold now, be steady, ease it right down
Thank you for coming, for doing your bit
Enlivening us all with the best of your art
Back to the crossword, Sudoku, your book
Try not to slump or slacken the jaw
High summer we warned you, not much demand
The sun’s in ascendance, no cloud in the sky
Parching and baking, cracking the land
A promise of slaking rolled in your drums
Just pitter and patter, drops in the sand
21st July 2010, Hounoux
If I had to vote for whose complaint should go to the clerk of the weather on behalf of us all whenever we eagerly expect a lovely dramatic downpour - and don't get one - I'd vote for this. It expresses our disapointment so well!
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